Kim Tae-Ho

Kim Tae-Ho(b.1948)'s making process includes the painting of the basic background color. Through this, he shows his meticulous approach. The method of applying twenty different layers of paint in itself is the result of painstaking labor. Furthermore, more work is added through the process of scraping and refining.

When I cut through the surface of the layers of twenty or more colors with a palette knife, the colors hidden underneath come alive, and they carry both the internal rhythm and the external composition. It is almost like the window frame of a traditional Korean house, a stone wall one finds in the countryside, or a densely woven fabric. In the course of piling and scraping of color layers, countless squares are built. Like a beehive, each square is a microcosm bursting with its own energy, namely, life.